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Judi Lynn

(160,631 posts) Mon Jan 28, 2019, 08:33 PM Jan 2019

US considering to send 5,000 US troops to Colombia?

US considering to send 5,000 US troops to Colombia?

by Adriaan Alsema January 28, 2019

US National Security Adviser John Bolton raised alarm in Colombia on Monday after holding a press conference on Venezuela while holding a notebook that said “5,000 troops to Colombia.”

Bolton, the hard-line adviser to President Donald Trump, told reporters in Washington that “the president has made it clear that all options are on the table.”

Colombia’s President Ivan Duque, who is facing major domestic security issues, has categorically rejected military intervention in Venezuela.a.

Colombia’s ambassador to Washington DC, Francisco Santos, spurred major controversy implying Colombia could team up with Trump and Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro to topple Venezuela’s Maduro, whose legitimacy is challenged by the majority of countries in the hemisphere.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/us-considering-to-send-5000-us-troops-to-colombia/

Editorials and other articles:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016225228

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US considering to send 5,000 US troops to Colombia? (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2019 OP

Sometimes I feel we're all Truman's and we all have our own little Truman shows. PeeJ52 Jan 2019 #1

+1 Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #2

If the source is ColumbiaReports GatoGordo Jan 2019 #3

Might just want some ready to go with humanitarian aid if maduro falls. EX500rider Jan 2019 #4

PeeJ52

(1,588 posts)

1. Sometimes I feel we're all Truman's and we all have our own little Truman shows.

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Mon Jan 28, 2019, 08:48 PM

Jan 2019

No one can be as stupid as these people. No one walks into a press conference with only two sentences scribbled on a notebook unless they want it seen. We're being played for suckers. Different script every day.